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Reply | Quick comment!
at 17:19 12 Apr 2025
I can’t see a match thread but I note from following on Twitter that TAR assisted three goals today. When’s the last time a Dale player got a hat-trick of assists? |
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Reply | so how many points do we need and how do we get them?
at 02:24 11 Apr 2025
Has any more news about Bird been released? Last I heard was that he was out for a ‘significant’ period of time. We really could do with having him and Rodney back fit. If we don’t have either I can’t see where the bulk of our goals will come from. |
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Reply | Refwatch - Woking v Rochdale
at 12:55 2 Apr 2025
Thanks for posting. Always nice to hear opinions from outside. I completely agree about the Pep virus, and I suspect that’s why our fanbase isn’t growing despite (points-wise, at least) this being our most successful season in over a decade.
Pep wins games and trophies because he and his teams are winning machines, but nobody can tell me his style of football is exciting. It’s dull, and I still maintain his hold over English football is one of the worst things to happen to our game in ages. The people of non-league Rochdale don’t want 100 passes before every shot, they want fast, exciting football. That’s what’ll bring the crowds in. |
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Reply | Refwatch - Woking v Rochdale
at 23:25 1 Apr 2025
Incredibly, we haven’t won an away league game this year. That’s a sequence of 8 games. |
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Reply | TVOS Preview - Rochdale v Aldershot Town
at 17:20 29 Mar 2025
I posted the same on Twitter but Ian Henderson is actually a football genius. A big hand in the first two goals, and then obviously scored as well. For that second one any other player would’ve hit the rebound when it came straight to him. But Henderson knew he was offside, ducked, ball bounced to Rodney and in like a bullet. Reminded me a bit of that penalty at Bradford.
He was outstanding all game, and I do hope he reverses his decision to retire this summer. Games like today illustrate how he still has so much to offer, even if it isn’t as a weekly starter. |
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Reply | Altrincham FA Trophy Match Thread
at 20:26 1 Mar 2025
We played a front 2 in the first half today and it very much paid off. Rodney and Bird linked up so well. Barlow too. In the second half we reverted back to our usual formation with Bird and then Mitchell isolated as a lone forward.
I thought Gordon had his best game for a while today. Some excellent defensive work and also joined in with play going forwards with some lovely through-balls. |
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Reply | TAMWORTH
at 22:29 25 Feb 2025
Tamworth’s form is almost as bad as ours - they haven’t won in six games. Absolutely unacceptable result Jim. |
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Reply | Match Thread, Dale v In form top of the table Barnet
at 20:00 22 Feb 2025
I did wonder if McNulty brought Henderson on today far earlier than usual as a way to say to the fans ‘here, you’re getting what you want and now you’ll see why he isn’t playing.’ I really hope not, as Henderson deserves better than his only real appearance of late being when the game’s already lost.
Although Henderson’s appearance was pretty poor today, he at least showed more desire than Mitchell and Rodney have done in weeks. The crowd reaction when he was brought on was also notable. A blatant show of contempt towards McNulty and his tactics. Why wasn’t Jim questioned about that in his post-match interview? |
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Reply | Why Do Managers See Different?
at 02:06 7 Feb 2025
Absolutely, and I suspect it’s one of the reasons Nottm Forest are doing so well this season. Someone mentioned the lack of possession they had against Brighton yet won 7-0. They’re doing exactly what you say - going against the grain, playing their own game. And there’s more than a touch of the old-fashioned about them. Two fast, direct wingers and a big target man up front! I bet their fans are loving it! |
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Reply | Oldham game
at 02:00 7 Feb 2025
Which way we shoot has little to no relevance. It’s not as though we have a Kop or Stretford End to suck the ball in.
For years recently we shot towards the Sandy Lane in the second half, and our home form was the worst it’s been in history. In fact, our few home wins came with more regularity when we shot towards the TDS in the second half. Now that we’ve switched to shoot towards the TDS second half permanently our home form has taken an upturn. I highly doubt it has any relevance though! |
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Reply | Oldham game
at 13:19 5 Feb 2025
I disagree about chasing just the final playoff spot (if that’s what you meant). I think the last three are up for grabs, with only the current top 4 nailed on. Gateshead are a great footballing side, but they’ve lost a few important players in January and that’s starting to show in their results - they should fall away. Similar with Halifax.
I think we’d have to implode spectacularly to miss out on the playoffs, although our record against the top 7 is a reason to believe we won’t do well in them at all. |
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Reply | Oldham game
at 00:57 5 Feb 2025
Funnily enough, there were a lot of new faces around me tonight. I heard two groups conversing, and the general gist was how are the crowds ever going to rise if they play like this every time we get a good crowd. |
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Reply | Oldham game
at 22:00 4 Feb 2025
Tragic performance. If McNulty comes out and says anything other than ‘I got it wrong tonight’ then he needs to look at himself. Constant long balls up to Mitchell and he didn’t win a single header all night. Fondop showed him how a target man should be performing.
Not a single player apart from Weller can be proud of themselves. I’ve seen more fight in coma patients. |
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Reply | Fans’ Forum
at 22:31 30 Jan 2025
Anyone happy to provide a summary? |
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Thread | Fans’ Forum
at 18:00 29 Jan 2025
I won’t be able to attend tomorrow. Would somebody be kind enough to ask if the club have sought legal advice around the company who fitted the super pitch not so long ago with an alleged 10 year guarantee? Whether we have a case against them, or if it’s our own fault for not following correct aftercare procedures. |
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Reply | Tamworth Tuesday
at 18:14 19 Dec 2024
One of my favourite ever players, and up there with Mendez-Laing for the best two wingers I’ve ever seen at Dale. (I never saw McCourt in his prime!) |
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Reply | Tamworth Tuesday
at 09:51 18 Dec 2024
Strange game indeed, from a strange team! A few stats have emerged over the past week that illuminate where we are as a team.
Defensively we can be very pleased. Only FGR have conceded less than us, and we have the best xGA in the league (for those that way inclined). No small feat when we’ve had a number of different keepers play, and our senior defender injured for months. I do think in Sam Beckwith and Kyron Gordon we have two of the best defenders outside the Football League. More than that though, we seem to defend as a team - easily done when you’re a possession-heavy team as we are.
Offensively though, so, so poor. We seem to dominate games but then look absolutely clueless when it comes to the final third. The fact we’re 4th in the league for touches in the opposition box yet TWENTY-FIRST (21st) for shots speaks volumes.
I found myself thinking last night that there’s more than a touch of the BBMs about us; more focus on possession than entertainment; lots of defensive passing to bulk up those possession stats. In BBM’s squad though, we had the likes of Humphrys, Baah and Beesley in good form up top, with goals coming from further back from Lund and Keohane. Apart from Mitchell’s purple run earlier in the season, where are the bulk of our goals coming from?
Ultimately while we’re very impressive defensively, I think we’re far too shot shy and inconsistent to achieve anything this season (though a top-7 finish is still on the cards).
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Reply | Wealdstone match thread
at 14:09 17 Nov 2024
The Plan B thing is what really sticks in the throat. At each fans’ forum Jim’s been so effusive about how it’s ’total options’ Dale. This isn’t total options at all. It’s one option that was successful for the first two months of the season but has been figured out, yet we still persist with it, with absolutely no sign of changing mid-match. |
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